Sam Smith
Midnight Train lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2017
- Genre
- Pop, R&B
- Length
- 3:28
I choose me, and I know that's selfish, love
You are a dream, and I can't thank you enough
But I give another piece of me away
Every waking day that I'm with you
Am I a monster?
What will your family think of me?
They brought me in
They helped me out with everything
But I give a little piece of me away
Every single day
So I pick up the pieces
I get on the midnight train
I got my reasons
But darling I can't explain
I'll always love you
But tonight's the night I choose to walk away
Bah-bah, doo, bah-bah, doo
Bah-bah, doo, bah-bah, doo
Love you so much that I have to let you go
I'll miss your touch and the secrets we both know
But it would be wrong for me to stay
And I'll just give you hope
So I pick up the pieces
I get on the midnight train
I got my reasons
But darling I can't explain
I'll always love you
But tonight's the night I choose to walk away
I can't stop crying
I hate that I've caused you pain
But I can't deny it
I just don't feel the same
I'll always love you
But tonight's the night I choose to walk away
Bah-bah, doo, bah-bah, doo
Bah-bah, doo, bah-bah, doo
So I pick up the pieces
Get on the midnight train
I got my reasons
But darling I can't explain
I'll always love you
But tonight's the night I choose to walk away
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Key vocabulary
- selfish
- thinking only of yourself
- dream
- sleep images; hopeA2
- can't
- cannotB1
- waking
- not asleepB2
- i'm
- I amC2
- monster
- scary or huge creatureB2
- i'll
- I will (future)A2
- tonight's
- belonging to tonightA1
- bah-bah
- barking call
- doo
- soft birdlike sound
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About this song
Sam Smith is a British singer in pop and soul, known for emotionally direct ballads and a high-velocity falsetto voice. They first broke through as a featured vocalist on dance hits before rising to global attention with In the Lonely Hour and later Grammy-winning releases including the Bond theme “Writing’s on the Wall” and Gloria.